Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-1496

Title: sudo 1.5 allows local determination of file existence via execute attempt

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-1999-1496.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jun 08, 1999

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.52%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-1496: Sudo 1.5 in Debian Linux 2.1 and Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files by attempting to execute the target filename as a program, which generates a different error message when the file does not exist.

Impacted Vendors

todd_miller 1

gratisoft 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/14665 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/321 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2277 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/14665 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/321 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2277

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-1496 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 08, 1999 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.